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"Just got done with work. On my way to the train station. The trip from Brooklyn to Union Square in Manhattan is only half an hour. I could meet you there, since you have to visit your bank.'
Reinaldo hopes that Josue is not tired from the hospital ordeal yesterday.
Josue is happy to oblige.
"Absolutely. I can head to work once we're done with your dinner, my breakfast."
"That's right. I'm friends with a vampire! Wait! Do you suppose that your fainting spell has to do with you not being used to a night shift? You only started working the graveyard shift just this past month. Did you tell the doctor that?"
"No. I hadn't thought about it at the time."
"Well, just so you know, Mariana has ordered me to keep her informed of any changes in your status."
"Cheese and crackers, between you and her I'm starting to wonder if I should have stayed at the hospital."
"Yeah, it sucks being loved. I don't know why you didn't tell the aliens that you were fine with being their guinea pig.
Anyway, I heard this guy preaching about the end of the world at Union Square just recently. He referenced the recent blood moon, he talked about the earthquake, the tornado, all the stuff that's been in the news lately."
"Yeah, and?" Josue couldn't contain the sarcasm. He rolled his eyes and sighed heavily. This made Reinaldo laugh.
"Hear me out. What if your fainting spell has something to do with the end of days?"
"Because I'm that important in the grand scheme of things?"
"You wish! Remember when we were talking about how I was feeling darkness as being oppressive? What if your spill is related?"
"I beg you, stop."
"End of days, evil fights to stay alive, only the sensitive are affected. You're married. That makes you sensitive. In touch with your feelings and all that."
"Where do you come up with this stuff? Besides, you're not married and you just got done telling me that you were feeling oppressed by the dark."
"Happily divorced. Thank you for asking. Also, remember, I'm a child of an identical twin. Her mojo was transferred to me. You know how sometimes twins can sense when the other is in trouble, even though they may be thousands of miles apart? Wierd stuff like that has been happening to me all my life. I think it's because I'm a child of a twin."
"I think your mother dropped you on your head and never confessed."
Laughter. They end the phone call and head out to meet.